Trump's early marching orders for Thune and Johnson

• Trump urged Senate GOP leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to be ready to roll on recess appointments if Democrats gum up confirmations, Politico reports.
• Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that California wildfire aid could be good leverage to get the big debt limit hike he's been pushing.

After the meeting, Johnson disputed suggestions from reporters that the House and Senate were still divided on process, insisting they had "a plan pretty well formulated now.

• Thune said the discussion was more focused on "what we can get done," he said. "We're obviously all interested in getting to the same destination."
• That doesn't sound like identical readouts of the same meeting.

The bottom line: At this stage, the GOP trifecta seems to be spending more time admiring its problems than solving them.